Lead Yourself First — Stoicism, Monkey Mode, and Fathers in Crisis w/ Jim Smith EP #102

When your personal world is on fire, you still have to lead. Your team, your kids, your community. They're all watching how you carry it. In this episode, we sit down with the National Service Delivery Manager at Kidz Need Dadz, who calls himself the Jane Goodall of the family court. He's spent years walking alongside fathers in crisis and studying why smart, capable people flip to "monkey mode" under pressure. We talk about Stoicism as a daily practice, the one move that stops you making it worse, and what your kids are really learning from you in your hardest chapter. If you lead anything, a team, a family, yourself, this one is for you. 🎧 Subscribe for more conversations on leadership that actually holds up when life gets hard. visit www.zeducation.co.nz